Thursday, March 19, 2015

Dapper cartoonist extraordinaire, Batton Lash, stopped by our Nixon rehearsals last week and below you can find his drawings. For those not keeping up with Batton, Batton
Lashisthe
creator of the humor/horror series Supernatural Law (aka Wolff
& Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre). Lash has also written forArchie Comics and Bongo Comics. His latest project is The First Gentleman of the Apocalypse, a
brand-new series Lash created for David (V
for Vendetta) Lloyd’s online comics anthology Aces Weekly. Lash also paints monsters in his spare time. His
Bride of Frankenstein paintings will be on display at the Digital Gym
beginning February 22. More on Batton Lash can be found at
www.exhibitapress.com.

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

San Diego Opera's official unofficial cartoonist, Eric Shanower, was back last week live sketching our rehearsal of NIXON IN CHINA and below you can see the fruits of his labor.

For those of you who have not been keeping up, Eric is still writing Age of Bronze, his comic
book series that tells the complete story of the Trojan War, published by Image
Comics. Currently being puclished by IDW also is a four-issue comic book series
that he wrote, Little Nemo:
Return to Slumberland with artwork by Gabriel Rodriguez. IDW is
also currently re-packaging his Oz graphic novels in oversize volumes as
Adventures in Oz. Forthcoming in September 2015 from HarperCollins is his
short comics story "Love Packs Heat" in the anthology Taking Aim: Power and Pain, Teens
and Guns edited by Michael Cart. Also coming in fall 2015 from
Dover Publications is a new printing of his illustrated children's book The Giant Garden of Oz.

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Stage Director James Robinson makes his debut with San Diego Opera as the director of John Adams' Nixon in China. Robinson originated this production, created for Opera Theatre St. Louis, in 2004. Listen to him in this interview with Nicolas Reveles, as he speaks about the challenges of mounting this exciting production.

Monday, March 9, 2015

Conductor Joseph Mechavich debuted with San Diego Opera by conducting Jake Heggie's Moby-Dick a couple of seasons back. He's returned to lead John Adams' Nixon in China. In this interview with Education Director Nicolas Reveles he talks about the score as well as about the wonderful San Diego Symphony.

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Portraying the role of Pat Nixon in John Adams' opera Nixon in China is soprano Maria Kanyova. She's sung the role many times in her career and takes time during this interview with Nicolas Reveles to talk about the role, the music and the dramatic challenges. Enjoy!

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

John Adams' brilliant opera Nixon in China is now in production here at
San Diego Opera! Rehearsals began this past Tuesday and everything is
going really well. Watch as Nicolas Reveles interviews the man in the
title role, baritone Franco Pomponi, who is looking forward to his debut
with our company in this stunning opera.